Greatness In Sport - Part 1

Hello All,

I would like to attempt to do what can be considered as "Blasphemy"...would like to define greatness in sport and compare some of the great sportsmen and pick the eventual winner based on certain criteria. The reason I picked just Sports and not other fields is due to the fact that Sports has the universal appeal and can bring people together or in certain cases divide them too ! Sporting heroes do make lasting impressions on all of us and they refuse to "fade" out from our memory long after they have retired from their respective sports.



Meeting of Legends - An Inspiration to this blog !

Without much further ado, I would like to provide the shortlist of "nominees" for the "Pavan-Laureus" Award for the Greatest Sportsman :
1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Roger Federer

Schumacher and Maradona - Another fascinating pair

3. Diego Maradona
4. Michael Schumacher
5. Mohammed Ali
6. Gary Kasparov
7. Sergey Bubka
8. Tiger Woods







Ali and Woods

Apologies to a host of other equally great sportsmen who are not in the list only because of the fact that I didn't follow their careers as closely.

Bubka - Competed just with himself !

The criterion I have in mind to compare and "measure" greatness are simple and not necessarily the domain of Analysts but are more common place and can be clearly understood by any one who follows sports.

To round off, the king of Chess

More in my next blog on the criterion and the eventual winner !!!

- Pavan